Life-preserving jacket.



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LIFE-PRESERVING JACKET.

111 9-1 ,S365 i g Specication f Letters Patent.

rau-.mea Jmy 18,1916.

.Application lcd December 13, 1915. Serial No. 66,601.

,fohwlnoh the following is a Specifi- 'K'lliis inv .lotion-relates to certain new and L0; uzwjefu uoprm'ueuts 1n life preserving 'mi riuiigir'y object. of thel invention is the proriIufnrforzigurlnentf preferably in the form o-l` :i .ineket or vest'tlnntimiy be'reudily uid worguzin :usiifof dangerfrom {id lmi'ngf provided with inflatais nuxintuinud nllouh in ,the waiter.

A fui-thor object of the ldevice is the #provision of :i wat that muy be worh whenevrr desired :md provided with nir-receiving nwmbors easily iniiutable by the weurervin the event of :my possibility of' danger from drowning.

"llxo invention contemplates the provision of u closely lit/Ling garment lmvingi :in inllutublie ruhion positioned :it the front und reur tlnrrof :ind with :l single inflation tube connected to the Suid cushions und into whirl inlluling nir muy he forced by means of the mouth :and lungs of the wearer, u, moutlppievr being :arranged with :i suitublr rhrrli-mlve und positioufible wherever desired ubout the person.

lVith these generi-:xl olrji-rtii in View :ind others thnt witl appr-:ar 'a the nature of the invention is betten undo-rz` `lod, the sume eonslats in the novrl construction, combination und arrangement of parts hereinafter morel` ble. v.siustmmf; portions lwhereby the weitreithroughoutthe. several irwsz-lfij-furr l is u usual form and provided with shirring- 13 in substantially the usual manner. ,Au

air cushion 14 is positioned :it the rear of thev vestbeing in the form of :i receivingr pocket 15 withinwhich the rubber container 16 is inelosed, the. said rear cushion being formed within the structure of the vest bagel( 17.

A front cushion 1S of similar size and construction is pernmnently secured adjacent one front edge 1S? of the vest and is adapted to overlap the opposite free odge portion 20 of the vest, being prmided with button-hole tubs 21 for engagement with properly positioned buttons .'upou the vost adjacent the :trui-hole J3 :it that side thereof.. l

A flexible connecting tube 24 of rubber or other desirable material is arranged between the cushions ll und 18 and extends over one ol' the shoulder portions 2.5 of the Vvest, being retained in position by means of tub uufnibi-rs mi, while un inlluting tube QG connuuuiozates with the tube 24 and is prf `.'ided with un iullntiugg,r mouth-piece or nipple "3T upon its free ond.

The nipple :7 is provided with u chamber 2H .therein haring :i norn'mlly sented cher-k vulve 2i) having; n touting,r spring?r 30 within the suidxeluunber. The` vulve 2li is provided 'with :i stem 3l extending outwardly 0f the mouth-piece 27 :ind which may be readilyV depressed for openingr thel vulve and fallowing the :nir to escupe from the eurshions 1l :unl V1H through the tubes 2l and 26.

.lt will thus be evident that whenever de" simil.' the mouthpiece J7 may be taken in the mouth of thil wearer of the vest und hy blowing into the suine, the valve 29 will be unsented und the cushions 14 und 1S will be filled with nir und thus inflated to the desired extent suliieiently to maintain the wearer of the rest from Sinking and being drowned ifositionnci within the writer. A resilient retaining #lip 39 is carried by the moutlrpiere 27 being: arranged with u. band portion 33 resiliently received and Siidahly reroluble within :in annular groo'fe 34 of the Suid mouth-piero By this arrangement, the mouth-piece il muy be detaehably Secured to any portion o" the vest or other gar mentI` such :is u pocket, not shown, and easiiy accessible h v the wearer for the purpose of quickly influting the suuporting cushions 14 and 18 upon any occasion arising whenv4 shown. and described is what is believed to be the preferred embodiment thereof7 it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms, .modifications and arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What l eiaim as new is:--

l. A device of the class described comprisingl a vest, an inflatable cushion arranged within the body of the vest at the back p0rtion thereof, a similar inflatable cushion having one edge thereof attached to 'one of the front side flat portions 4of the vest, buttonhole tabs on the opposite end of the Said front cushion, engaging buttons lor the said tabs carried by the opposite front side portion of the vest substantially beneath the adjacent arm portion thereof, an air tube at` tached over the shoulder portion of the vest and connecting the said cushions, an inflating tube having one end in communication with the said connecting tube, a valved' inlating mouth-piece upon the opposite free end of the said inflating tube, and a positioning clip carried by the said mouth-piece.

A device of the class described comprising a vest having closable front portions an inflatable cushion permanently secured at one end to one of the said front portions and adapted for overlying both of said front portions when the device is operatively positioned with the vest lin its closed arrangement, buttons carried by the said vest cent one of the arm portions thereof, buttonhole tabs projecting from the free end of the said cushion and adapted for engagement with the said buttons, an intlating tube for the said cushion, a mouth-piece upon the free end of the said tube7 a nominally closed depressible check valve within the said mouth-piece, the said mouth-piece being provided with an annular groove, and a positioning clip for the tube and mouth-piece havingr a band member revolubly positioned Within the saidgroove.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

STANISLAW SAROSIEK. Witnesses:

PETER LnwANnosKI, STANIsLAw SANN'I. 

